Caldwell tried to stick to the darkest parts of the forest, hoping that he would not be seen. His heart beat felt as though it was louder than his footsteps. It seemed that his every move was amplified. He usually was not this nervous. But with Rusalka out their and the group that he had just left on edge, he couldn't help it. He was suddenly over it all, just wanting to get back home. He changed his path to the north, where Uisce lay. But before he could even make it our of the forest, he heard a noise. He froze. Was he being followed? Paranoid, he very slowly headed to a tree and pressed himself flat against it. He pulled out his bo, prepared to smash someone's face in if he needed to.
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Sakura failed to quell her outrage. "You didn't think of telling us this earlier? They know that we have you two in our group, you signed the form saying so!" She ran her hands through her hair, not able to cope with the dilemma. "How the heck do you expect us to get out of this one?!?!?!" She sat down, nervously fiddling with her earrings. She stared at the floor, trying to think and then menacingly looked up at the group, zoning her gaze in on Emily. "But she wasn't their." Demonically, she grinned. "Emily my friend, how do you feel about becoming Shade?"

(sorry for so many pings, I'm trying to get everyone re involved!)

Shade's jaw dropped. She walked over to Emily and just stood there staring at the girl. "HAVE YOU GONE NUTS? 1 - We know the person who probably sent that letter, ALL to well, he knows what I look like. 2 - HEIGHT DIFFERENCE? HELLO? 3 - What happens if she gets in a fight? Huh? 4 - I'm never quiet....EVER!" She said and folded her arms. "No offence kid." Dmitri stepped up. "Yes. But did we look like this when we last saw him?" He said indicating their bodies. Shade glared at him. "Yes. But we didn't sound like her, AND what if he asks her to shift? Then she's totally screwed." Dmitri thought for a moment. "Not necessarily. Not if we go too. You could be in the background, out of sight just in case. You could relay instructions to her, tell her what to say and to et cetera." He turned to the others. "What do you think of THAT?" He said very proud of himself.

Ladia "your kidding right a ten year old girl playing Shade, she may be able to pretend the name is hers but she has a different element and shift". Peace "even if we do switch them what about Dmitri?". Ladia "one problem at a time Peace, Wait!!! I wasn't there for the original signing I just signed the documents as we left I think if we are switching places it would better if it was me playing Shade and Emily as me".

"HEY! WHO PRETENDS TO BE ME ISN'T UP FOR DISCUSSION? We're just gonna have to do what we always do." Shade said. Dmitri looked at her. "Which is?" She sighed. "Knock and run." She looked over her shoulder and flashed him a knowing look. He gulped and nodded. "Unless you have a better idea? Which doesn't involve impersonating anyone." He rubbed his eyes. "Ugh. I suppose we could always see you know who..." Shade whistled through her teeth. "Yeah...our last meeting didn't go too well, remember. I did end up punching him in the face, again. Besides, I doubt he would help us now!" Dmitri rocked back and forth on his heels. "Wait. He still hasn't paid us yet, so...we could make a deal with him. He helps us, we never bother him again." Shade bit her lip. "Yeah, make a deal with the shadiest guy in the city, he'd probably hand us over anyway." Dmitri raised an eyebrow. "Unless." Shade's eyes widened. "We do it the 'old' way." Dmitri finished. Shade sighed. "Really? I thought we were past that." Dmitri smiled mischievously. "Come on, we were never past that." He then turned to the others. "Right. We have a plan. It might not work, but you'll just have to come up with an excuse to explain why we're late." He began to turn away, but then stopped and turned back again. "You just have to promise us, whatever you do, nobody follows us or knows what goes on when we're in the city, while we're being 'fashionably late.' OK? Seriously." He looked at them all in the eye.

(Could someone maybe follow them while they're acting out their plan, to make it fun? XD )

Dmitri "You just have to promise us, whatever you do, nobody follows us or knows what goes on when we're in the city". Ladia "Why are you deciding? You got us in this mess to begin with!". Shade just gave Ladia a cold glare which she more than happily returned but Shade and Dmitri left the cave without another word.
outside
Shane was still outside after wrestling his brother who returned to the cave, he saw Shade and Dmitri walk in the other direction. Shane "what are those convicts up to now?". Shane quietly followed them up in the trees. Shane "I need to keep an eye on these two".

((Np, loli ^^))
Amaya had broken a branch, and she cursed. How could she be so careless. Seeing Caldwell stop in his tracks, she froze, sighing when she saw Caldwell prepare for an incoming attack. Letting go of the branch she was holding onto - the branch she was previously jumping from broke, causing her to mis-gauge her jump and instead of landing on a branch, she ended up hanging from one - she landed a slight distance from Caldwell. "Hey, what are you doing out here?" She asked boredly.
((Yukio's asleep, Akari and Arashi will just listen without input ^^))

Shade and Dmitri walked to the edge of the city and scaled up an old wrecked building. They called out a bame and suddenly a figure walked out of the darkness. "Shade! Dmitri! What a horrible surprise!" The tall, slender man said. The pair were silent as they glared back. "We want our money." Dmitri growled. The mans face turned to a look of dread. "Heh." Shade was immediately behind her getting him into a neck braking strangle hold. "What was that?" The man coughed. "I...don't...have...it..." Shade squeeEd tighter before shoving him to the floor. She looked up at Dmitri who nodded back. Shade kicked him in the stomach and the man rolled over clutching his stomach. He gasped and coughed out blood. Dmitri crouched by him. "Then today is just your lucky day. We'll make you a deal. If you agree, we'll never bother you again unless you come to us and we'll overlook the pressing matter of payment." The man staggered to his feet and adjusted his tie, coughing. "You'd better come inside."

10 minutes later shade and Dmitri exited the shady building with blood stained hands. "Well that worked." Shade muttered.

Shane hid in the tree's unable to move his body after hearing all the screams in the old building. 10 minutes of paranoia later the 2 he followed came out with blood stained hands. Shane with gritting teeth "no more of this.". Shane jumped from his place in the tree's and went shift. Shade and Dmitri were being blocked by a bear. Shane "I want an explanation. NOW!".

(Don't control what they say please.)

Shade growled and yelled ferociously. "HOW DARE YOU?! WE TOLD YOU BOT TO FOLLOWNUS BECAUSE WE KNEW WHAT WE WERE DOING! WE HAD A PLAN THAT DIDNT CONCERN YOU! NOW, IF THAT IDIOT CALLS THE POLICE, YOU'LL GET ARRESTED FOR BEING HERE! THATS WHY WE DISNT WANT ANYONE WITH US!" She sighed. "Because we'd take you down with us. Now shift back you ******."

Caldwell wasn't sure whether he was relieved or not that it was just Amaya who had followed him. He decided on not, knowing it would be difficult to talk his way out of this one. He noticed that she had a rather casual tone, and he hoped that meant that she wasn't suspicious of him. "I figured we were getting low on supplies. I thought I should probably go and find some more food." He managed to keep a straight face and to sound like what he hoped to be truthful. He sheathed his bo back behind his back without looking, hoping that it might intimidate her a bit.